Despite plenty of excitement it’s still unclear how conversational UIs can be made to work in a practical sense.

by Patryk Adaś

The Future of Browser History
I am really unsatisfied with the current state of Browser History. I think that
this is the most underestimated feature of every modern web browser. Let’s take
the most popular browser [http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp]
as an example.

Before we talk about browsers history, we need to understand how we tend to
browse nowadays.

Sometimes I want to know how to convert 1 foot to centimeters.

Sometimes, on the other hand, I want t

Вы знали, что среднестатистическое приложение теряет 80% своих ежедневных активных пользователей в течение 3 дней после установки? В большинстве случаев люди у...

Computers and human beings don’t speak the same language. So, to make interaction possible, we rely on graphical user interfaces (GUIs). But GUIs come with a natural barrier: People have to learn to use them. They have to learn that a hamburger button hides a menu, that a button triggers an action.
But with technology evolving and language recognition and processing improving, we are on a path that could make interaction with digital services **more intuitive, more accessible and more efficient** — through conversational interfaces.

How Symbol & Group Resizing works, in detail

Let’s take a look at the history of mobile app design to see if the paths we’ve forged can show us where mobile app design will take us in the future.

Digital-агентство AREA 17 поделилось своими принципами разработки дизайна. Вы узнаете, чем хорош Illustrator, как достичь математической точности в разработке и как структурировать рабочий процесс

Does writing microcopy need to be considered an essential part of the design process? Most definitely, yes. Words, for the most part, still form the backbone of communication on the web, even with the emergence of new technologies such as Voice User Interfaces (VUI).

Pokémon Go is amazing. Everywhere in the world, millions of people go outside, explore their surroundings and meet like-minded monster…

Everyone is asking: “Which prototyping tool is the best?” That’s the wrong question.

Exporting an identical image from different design tools results in different file sizes. Why? What can be done to optimise them to reduce downloading time and disk space?

by Nick Babich

Say hello to Crystal, the only app you need to preview and prototype Sketch designs. Relied on by teams at Google, Apple and Expedia.

Open Crystal on the same WiFi as your computer and start previewing your designs in realtime. Crystal refreshes on the fly as you modify your artboards in Sketch and auto-switches to your current Sketch artboard. If you're without WiFi or in corporate networks where Crystal can't find Sketch, USB support is provided with the help of the Mac companion app, available at https://crystal.smithy.productions/#companion.

Live Prototypes🌟
Swipe between adjacent artboards or prototype using clickable elements to move screens. Crystal fully supports Sketch prototyping, including transition animations and Android back button navigation. Finally you can preview mobile app designs on the devices they're made for.

Pixel Perfect📏
Crystal automagically™️ fetches scaled artboards, so that your designs match the pixel density of your device. Tablets are fully supported, and include the ability…

by Daniel Burka

Your overflow menu doesn’t look any better than this overflow of toxic sludge…
disgusting.Stop the overuse of overflow menus
You know those obscure menu buttons on apps and websites that reveal even more
menu options? They usually have an ellipsis “…” or an arrow ▼ icon on them and
sometimes they’ll even have a More  label. Or, better yet, a More  with a ▼!
These are called overflow menus. Overflow menus are a scourge that should be
rooted out, crushed underfoot, and drowned in

A handy guide to navigating what's coming up next in the design world.

8 Common prototyping pitfalls